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democracy

Here Are All the Civil Rights Changes Facebook Has Declined or Is Still Evaluating

Meta has declined recommendations from a civil rights audit related to voter interference.
By Isabella Simonetti

After Georgia’s Election Fiasco, Why Can’t People Vote Online? Experts Weigh In.

Right now, there is simply no proven way to both keep an online ballot secret and guarantee its authenticity.
By Chris Iovenko
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei is pictured before a press conference in Athens on January 1, 2016. Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei paid on December 28, 2015 a holiday visit to refugees and migrants flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos, tweeting out photos and videos in appeals for their plight. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Ai Weiwei Is Planning to Make a Documentary About Protests in Hong Kong

The legendary dissident artist is speaking out against Western reluctance to engage with Chinese human rights struggles.
By Helen Holmes
Democratic primary candidates

How Joe Biden Becomes Unstoppable

By Jonathan Russo
Facebook's 'War Room' at its Menlo Park headquarters was launched late last year to serve as the company's nerve center in the fight against misinformation.

Facebook Still Has a Content Problem—And It’s a Real Issue for Democracy

By Chris Roberts
President Donald Trump.

Democracy in Danger: Experts Warn Trump Poses ‘Most Serious Crisis in Decades’

By Davis Richardson
President Donald Trump on December 9, 2017 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Dictators Adopt Trump’s Modus Operandi, Eroding Democracy Worldwide

By Les Neuhaus
A protestor yells as nearby police officers approach in the Kibera slum on October 26, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya Sinks Into Chaos as Election Redo Causes Violent Contest

By John A. Tures
German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In Western World, Fragmentation Is the New Normal

By Michael Malice
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 22, 2017.

Kurds Vote for Independence, Strengthening Prospect of Long-Term Middle East Peace

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
A voter emerges from a voting booth.

The Best Argument for Mobile Voting? Abysmal Primary Turnouts.

By Bradley Tusk and Sheila Nix
Putin will run again in the March 2018 presidential election, and he is sure to win.

Imagining Russia Post-Putin

By Peter Rutland
A man walks in front of a poster of Chinese dissident and peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.

Liu Xiaobo: A Voice of Conscience Who Fought Oppression for Decades

By Hermann Aubié
Could President Trump's Twitter habit land him in hot water?

First Amendment Lawyers Threaten to Sue Trump for Blocking Twitter Users

By John Bonazzo
Our founders expected that the federal government would step aside and allow more regionalized institutions to determine the policies that work best for their citizens.

Blue States’ Rights: How States’ Rights Are Making a Comeback on the Left

By Matt Joyner
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) walks to his office after gaveling the House into session, on Capitol Hill, March 24, 2017 in Washington. House Republicans are planning to vote on the American Health Care Act on Friday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Complaining to Your Congressman Just Got Way Easier Thanks to This New Facebook Bot

By Brady Dale
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg argues his social network can support more civic engagement.

Can Silicon Valley’s Autocrats Save Democracy?

By Jerry Davis
Aerial view of the Moon Pyramid taken during the Teotihuacan Hot Air Balloon Festival in San Juan de Teotihuacan, State of Mexico, March 21st, 2007. The festival is being held on the spring equinox. More than one million people have been visiting Mexico's archaeological sites since yesterday to be "charged with energy" during the equinox.

Democracy Has Existed in the Americas Longer Than We Thought

By Alanna Martinez
Meetup is helping protesters resist the Trump agenda.

This Social Network Temporarily Ceased Operations to Figure Out How to Defeat Trump

By John Bonazzo
Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, addresses reporters across the street from Trump Tower.

Jill Stein Demands Donald Trump End ‘Intimidation’ Against Vote Recount Efforts

By Madina Toure
People walking at Ronald Reagan National Airport airport gather around a television monitor and watch US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton deliver her concession speech November 9, 2016, a day following the election that US Republican nominee Donald Trump won in Arlington, Virginia. / AFP / PAUL J. RICHARDS

If You Were Ever Truly With Hillary, Act Like Hillary

By Lorraine Duffy Merkl
Air Force One en route to Egypt.

Peace in the Middle East Is Not a Realistic Goal for President No. 45

By Micah Halpern
The Kelly File

Megyn Kelly Couldn’t Stop Beating Her Dead Horse of a Fox Scoop

By Joe Lapointe
A crest of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen 03 August 2007 inside the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC.

Politicization of the FBI Threatens American Democracy

By John R. Schindler
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